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AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Feb. 4. 1955 zsneets-sheet 2 INVENTOR.

ROBERT 'w. STANECK BY JOHN H.KROEME R AUToGRAPrnc REGISTER John H.Kroemer and Robert W. Staneck, Dayton, Ohio, assignors to The StandardRegister Company, Dayton, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio ApplicationFebruary 4, 1955, Serial No. 486,256

4 Claims. (Cl. 282-7) This invention relates to autographic registers,and particularly to means for mounting and making use of carbon paper insuch devices for transfer of the written inscription from the originalor overlying record copy to the underlying record copies, the severalsuch copies comprising manifold record strip material as used inautographic registers.

The object of the invention is to simplify the construction as Well asthe means and mode of operation of autographic registers, whereby suchregisters may not only be economically manufactured, but will be moreeflicient and satisfactory in use, adaptable to a wide variety ofapplications and be unlikely to get out of order.

A further object of the invention is to makeuse of carbon material whichis neither an integrated part of the record strip assembly nor aseparate strip fed in accompaniment with feeding of the record strip butrather is in the form of long lasting sheet material floating betweenthe component parts of the record strip assembly.

Another object of the invention is to provide a floating carbonarrangement permitting carbon material to be interleaved with the recordstrip material up to and beyond the lateral plane of the strip feedingdevices whereby the first or Writing line of a form may be locatednearer to the upper or leading end of the form than has been the caseheretofore.

A further object of the invention is to enable the use of variouscolored carbon sheets when this may be desirable.

Still another object of the invention is to provide carbon holders ofunique construction simplifying and facilitating attachment anddetachment of the carbon sheets to and from the holders.

A still further object of the invention is to make use of floatingcarbon material as described While obviating any dragging or binding ofthe record strip material in a manner to cause misalignment of thecarbon sheets.

A further object of the invention is to provide an autographic registerpossessing the advantageous structural features, the inherentmeritorious characteristics and the mode of operation herein mentioned.

With the above primary and other incidental objects in view as will morefully appear in the specification, the invention intended to beprotected by Letters Patent consists of the features of construction,the parts and combinations thereof, and the mode of operation ashereinafter described or illustrated in the accompanying drawings, ortheir equivalents.

Referring to the accompanying drawing wherein is shown one but obviouslynot necessarily the only form of embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a part of an autographic register constructedin accordance with the illustrative form of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a view in longitudinal section taken substantially along theline 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detail view, enlarged with respect to Fig. 2, of the carbonholder assembly;

2,851,285 Patented Sept. 9, 1958 Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan View of anindividual carbon holder with a carbon sheet attached thereto;

Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation of the carbon holder and carbon sheetof Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view similar to Fig. 4 showing an alternate formof carbon clamp holder; and

Fig. 7 is a view in side elevation of the holder of Fig. 6.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughoutthe several views.

Referring to the drawings, the cabinet of a register in accordance withthe illustrated embodiment of the invention comprises a base 10, sidewalls 11 and 12 and an upper lid or closure plate 13 which also formsthe front end wall of the cabinet and is suitably hinged to the sidewalls 11 and 12 so that it may be lifted for access to the interior ofthe register. The base 10 and side walls 11 and 12 provide a stationarysupport for the lid 13 and for other relatively movable parts of theregister, to be described.

Longitudinally disposed in the register, immediately beneath the lid 13is a writing table 14 having forwardly extending side arms 15 and 16pivotally connected to respective brackets 17 and 18 secured to theinner walls of respective side frames 11 and 12. The front end of thewriting table 14 rests on a stationary part of the register cabinet in amanner which it is unnecessary here to consider, the table normallybeing disposed as indicated in the drawing where it underlies an opening13' in the lid 13 for access to record material stretched over thetable.

The record material is comprised in a pack 19 of manifold strip material21 made up of series connected sets of record or business forms, eachset comprising a multiple number of superposed copies of the form. Thepack 19 is housed in the bottom of the register in a space defined bythe walls thereof and by an internal partition 22, access to such spacebeing had by lifting the writing table 14 about the pivots representedby the brackets 17 and 18.

In general, the leading end of the strip 21 extends over the writingtable from the front of the register toward the rear thereof, sidemargins of the strip being perforated for engagement by pin feed devices23 and 24 mounted on a transverse shaft 25 journaled between the sideframes 11 and 12. The shaft 25 is activated for intermittent rotarymotion by hand or by a motor, as through gearing 26, and the effect ofsuch rotation is to advance the record strip material 21 over the table14 toward the rear of the register. Advance of the strip, it will beunderstood, is in steps of predetermined length, as for example one formlength. An inscribed form is issued from writing position beneath a tearbar 27. Some copies thereof may be ejected from the machine and tornfrom the strip while other copies are fed into a refold or locked-incopy compartment at the rear of the register, one end of which may bedefined by the partition 22.

In accordance with the instant invention, the record strip material 21reaches the table 14 after first passing over a forward extension 28 ofthe table. At its one end the extension 28 lies in adjacent relation tothe front end of the table 14 and mounts a transverse roller 29 overwhich the strip material passes on to the table 14. Also on or adjacentto the said one end of the extension 28 are laterally projecting studs31 received in the side arms 15 and 16 for support of the said one endof the extension table. At the opposite end of the table, on oppositesides thereof, are upstanding side brackets 32. The lower frontextremities of the brackets 32 support a transverse roller 33. Arearwardly inclined series of spaced apart openings 34 in the brackets32 provide mounting holes for carbon holders, as will be seen, andlaterally projecting studs 35 on the brackets cooperatively Thementioned carbon holders, indicated generally at 36, comprise U-shapedclamps 37 each receiving a spring steelstrlp 38. A sheet of carbon paper39 enters the clamp 37 'through'the open end thereof and is folded aboutthe spring strip 38, and it will be understood that the clamp 37, inconnection with the-strip 38 which acts as a filler, thus effectivelyanchors the said one end of the carbon sheet 39. The spring strip 38 hasend portions 41 of reduced diameter which project from the ends ofthe-clamp 37 and are received in the mounting holes 34. The carbonholders 36 are in this manner removably installed in the brackets 32 andas so installed define vertically spaced apart individual slots forrespective copies of the strip 21. Thus, as the strip is drawn from thepack 19," it passes about the roller 33 and separates into its componentcopy elements, each such component passing through an individual slot asdefined by respective pairs of carbon holders 36. Passing through andbeyond the a carbon holders 36 the strip material extends over the tableextension 28, returning to an integrated strip form as it reaches thewriting table 14.

The carbon sheets 39 extend rearwardly in parallelinterleaved relationto the strip 21 and in effect float between the component elementsof'the strip. Thus, the record strip material advances relatively to thecarbon sheets 39 which remain in position on the writing table, for usewith successive sets of forms as they are brought to writing position onthe table 14.

The instant disclosed arrangement for making use of carbon sheetmaterial is such that the sheets 39 can; be made to extend all the wayup to the front face of the tear bar 27, thus making it possible toestablish the first or top writing line much closer to the upper edge ofthe form than is possible using transversely fed carbon material as hasbeen known heretofore.

An alternate form of carbon holder 42 is shown in Figs. 6 and 7. Thealternate holder has a clamp 43. and insert member 44 which are the sameas corresponding elements of the holder 36. According to the modifiedstructure, however, instead of the clamp assembly directly holding asheet of carbon paper, it holds, in the same manner, a piece of carbonshield material 45. Holes 46 are cut in the top'flap of the material 45,the anchored end of such material being so disposed in the clamp 43 asto have its ends or flaps substantially coextensive in length. A lengthof tape or like material having adhesive on one side thereof is placedover the holes 46, with the adhesive side of the tape down. A sheet ofcarbon paper 48 is installed in the holder 42 by inserting one endthereof between the ends or flaps of the shield 45. Finger pressureapplied along the tape 47 causes the adhesive thereon to contact thecarbon paper through the holes 46 whereby to hold the carbon sheetmaterial in an attached relation to the holder. The modified form ofcarbon holder facilitates a rapid change of carbon sheets sincedisassembly of the holder itself is unnecessary.

From the above description it will be apparent that there is thusprovided a device of the character described possessing the particularfeatures of advantage before enumerated as desirable, but whichobviously is susceptible of modification in its form, proportions,detail construction and arrangement of parts without departing from theprinciple involved or sacrificing any of its advantages. While in orderto comply with the statute the invention has been described in languagemore or less specific as to structural features, it is to be understoodthat the invention is not limited to the specific features shown, butthat the means and construction herein disclosed comprise but one ofseveral modes of putting the invention into effect, and the invention istherefore claimed in any of its forms or modifications within thelegitimate and valid scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

1. An autographic register, including a relatively stationary supportreceiving a pack of manifold record strip material, a writing tablemounted on said support in elevated relation thereto to have the leadingend of the record strip material brought over one end of the table andextended to theopposite end thereof, arms projecting fromsaid one'end ofsaid table and pivotally connected to said support to provide forraising and lowering ofsaid table relatively to said support, a tableextension removably installed between said arms and having upstandingmarginal bracket portions, said portions being on opposite sides of saidextension and having a series of vertically spaced apart openings ineach thereof, carbon sheet holders removably installed in alignedopenings in said bracket portions, and transverse rollers on oppositeends of said extension, said carbon sheet holders defining individualpasses for the elements of the record strip material, said record stripmaterial passing over one of said rollers through said passes and overthe other one of said rollers on to said table.

2. An autographic register according to claim 1, characterized in thateach of said carbon sheet holders comprises a strip member having itsends installed in said openings and a clamp removably receiving thestrip member, one end of the carbon sheet being folded over the stripmember and held thereon by the clamp.

3. An'autographic register according to claim 1, characterized in thateach of said carbon sheet holders comprises a strip member installed insaid openings, a clamp removably receiving the strip member, and ashield folded over the strip member and having at least one endextending outside said clamp, said one end being adapted for detachableconnection with the carbon sheet.

4. Anautographic register, including a relatively stationary supportreceiving a pack of manifold record strip material, a writing tablemounted on said support in elevated relation thereto, the leading end ofthe record stripmaterial extending on to said table from one end thereofand thence to and beyond the oppositeend of the table, arms projectingfrom said one end of the table and,

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